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GirlFriend

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Searches for the existence of GirlFriend

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment
GirlFriend is installed.

This backdoor permits anyone to
partially take the control of
the remote system.

A possible hacker may use it to steal your
password or prevent your from working
properly.

Solution :
To remove GirlFriend from your machine,
open regedit to
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
and look for a value named 'Windll.exe'
with the data 'c:\windows\windll.exe'. Reboot
to DOS and delete the C:\windows\windll.exe file,
then boot to Windows and remove the 'Windll.exe'
registry value.

Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 1999 Renaud Deraison

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